Application Security Professionals to Know 2025

Anant Wairagade is a Technical Lead with over 20 years of experience in Software Engineering enabling IT organizations with digital transformation and helping them become secure organizations. In his more than two decades long career, Anant has worked for financial services companies where he led the design and development of several successful products in the Security, Finance and CRM domain. Beginning of his career, Anant worked as a Technology consultant for major Financial Services companies and Banks. Anant is a thought leader in Enterprise Integrations solutions. He is expert in API based data connector development, Kafka and Messaging Middleware. Anant is also an active member of several Industry Open Standard communities. He is an IEEE Senior member and serves as Program Committee Member for several IEEE and other IT conferences.

I specialize in cybersecurity and digital asset recovery, helping individuals and organizations regain control of compromised resources. With expertise in forensic techniques, blockchain analysis, and fraud prevention, I tackle even the most complex cyber threats. As a business owner, I know how important it is to protect your assets. That’s why I founded Crypto Recovers—to help you reclaim stolen or inaccessible digital assets. With a global reach and ethical standards, we offer more than recovery services. We also provide guidance on securing your accounts to prevent future attacks.

Adam Czeczuk is the Head of Consulting Services at Think Beyond, specializing in Salesforce platform implementations across industries such as education, automotive, finance, and IT services. With over a decade of experience in business development, team leadership, and project management, Adam has a strong track record of driving business growth and delivering scalable solutions. Adam holds 15 Salesforce certifications, along with Scrum Master and ITIL Foundation. His expertise lies in aligning Salesforce solutions with business objectives, leveraging AI to enhance customer experiences, and managing complex software projects. Adam’s leadership is centered on building teams and optimizing processes to achieve long-term success.

Creating technologies and systems for Cybersecurity & Remote Work that help billions of users in thousands of organizations be able to work from anywhere using any device while maintaining a robust cybersecurity posture. With nearly 2 decades in technical leadership roles at Microsoft, Meta (Facebook), and Citrix, Punit combines research and engineering skills with creative design to conceive novel solutions that secure network, data, and systems of organizations across the globe while also enabling the 'future of work (which is increasingly remote)'. Punit builds systems and solutions that span domains such as cybersecurity, remote work enabling technologies, internet of things, networks, mobile & ubiquitous computing, observability, and large scale distributed systems. Punit works at all scales from proof-of-concept to production at internet scale, and his work has contributed to billions of devices & users. Punit is a passionate proponent & communicator of all things tech and strives to help everyone better understand & leverage technology. Punit revels in all aspects of mentoring, whether it's providing supervision and mentoring in a 1:1 situation, technology consulting, guiding a group of fresh college grads launch themselves into the tech world, or delivering an in-person presentation to a large audience. Punit has been featured in leading newspapers and magazines like USA Today, Entrepreneur, Nasdaq, and MSN. For example: - USA Today article featuring Punit: https://www.usatoday.com/story/special/contributor-content/2025/01/15/tips-from-a-cybersecurity-expert-to-protect-your-business-in-the-digital-age/77722570007 - Entrepreneur article featuring Punit: https://www.entrepreneur.com/finance/how-cybersecurity-protocols-impact-profitability-insights/483375 Punit holds 19 patents worldwide. He has also been awarded with the senior membership of IEEE. Punit's technical expertise includes cybersecurity, malware detection & prevention, threat intelligence, DDoS attack prevention, MITM attack prevention, zero trust security, web content filtering, cloud firewall, remote work enabling technologies, ZTNA, secure service edge (SSE & SASE), clientless-VPN, software defined perimeter, networks & protocols, monitoring & observability, large scale distributed systems, algorithms & problem solving.

David Chen is the Chief Technology Officer of DataNumen, a global leader in data recovery software. With extensive expertise in software engineering and data recovery technologies, David leads the company's technical vision and innovation strategy. He oversees DataNumen's research and development initiatives, driving the creation of cutting-edge solutions that address complex data loss scenarios across various platforms. Under David's technical leadership, DataNumen has developed proprietary algorithms and methodologies that achieve industry-leading recovery rates for corrupted files across numerous formats. He directs the company's engineering teams across global offices in the UK, US, Hong Kong, Germany, and Australia, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation that serves clients in more than 240 countries. David works closely with Fortune Global 500 companies—including Toyota, FedEx, HP, Procter & Gamble, and Dell—to understand their evolving data protection challenges and develop tailored technical solutions. His contributions to DataNumen's SDK have been instrumental in enabling seamless integration of the company's recovery technologies into enterprise systems worldwide. Through his technical expertise and forward-thinking approach, David continues to strengthen DataNumen's position as an industry pioneer in data protection and recovery technology.

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